This soap opera could end up as a shotgun marriage…

Between the Steelers and Russell Wilson. I don’t think he particularly wants to reup with Steelers but no one else seems to want him. The Steelers don’t seem to much want him either but there is not much of an alternative.
Having Russ back is not the worst thing. It depends on which Russ you get: the one from the first few games or the one from the last five.
I don’t think the first choice of either would be going to the Giants. An old QB taking the reins of a 3-14 team would be a mess.

 

I don't know what Wilson looks like next year given his age, but I think he could have played better last year with a legit #2 WR and a better offensive line.

Offensive line was absolute trash down the stretch.

 

If you want 10-7 and a playoff blowout, he's your man.

 

It’s going to get to the point any viable option will be able to absolutely screw the Steelers. Oh I’m your only option left? Sucks for you. I want x for y years 100% fully guaranteed.

 

Yup. That's what Khan gets for trying to lowball the guys he wanted, Fields and Darnold.

 

What makes you think it will be better in 2025? Maybe the three rookies develop enough to make that happen, but they still have a very inexperienced line with minimal depth.

 

Well statis quo then and it will make all the Magoos happy. Yet their is no guarantee he would drive a 10-7 season or getting into the shelling I mean playoffs. Their is no alternative selection that would make a difference.

Personally I want to see a down year 6-11/7-10 for better position in next years draft even if they draft a QB this season.

Draft Dart and start the process. Although i'm not confident Smith or Bags Tomlin moving out of the archaic scheme to enhance a rookie QB. To much living in their fears. Plus Smith is just another puppet. We know who pulls the strings and they are majorly frayed and flawed.

Buckle up...

 

There's an article, it talks up Omar as if he's some sort of genius.
The premise is that he's letting players walk and collecting comp picks for next year to make a run at one of the QBs.
It even suggests they move up as high as #4 I believe.

I have a very hard time with equating anyone with the word 'genius' that at this point in the season that doesn't have an answer other than 41-yeard old QB's.
If Rogers retires or goes to New York or Minnesota, we're screwed.
Gardner Minshew anyone?
Trey Lance?
He hasn't even found a backup.
We do have Skylar Thompson.

It's going to take a 'genius' to come out of this messing smelling like roses.
The best scenario to me is getting Rogers and drafting Dart.
But maybe he has a different plan.

 

Darnold's contract was affordable. The Steelers offered better receivers and had more cap room and they let the Seahawks outbid them. At this point, he is a better option than Rodgers, who might end up costing as much or more.

 

As always, we don't know if it's Omar, Mike or just the general idiocy of Art screwing things up right now but it's hard to see this working out. If Dart is the long term answer, then by all means draft him and look to the future. If they take him and he's not it, and with their refusal to partake in FA, they won't actually address the massive holes at DL or CB, and required depth all over, until the 3rd round. So not only will this season suck but they'd be in more trouble going forward.

How they managed to take a decent roster, a full load of picks and more cap $ than we've ever had, and turn it into this mess is ridiculous. Then add questions as to whether Pickens is staying. The cherry on top is going to be the massive TJ overpay. All you can do is hope the guy after Deuce isn't a moron, too.

 

I feel like 'The Steelers' have punted this situation for about 4 years really.
Omar just isn't a strong GM, I think that is just the basic fact.
I feel like using last as an example. They should have really gone with an either/or scenario with Wilson/Fields.
Fields being the young guy, they should have stuck with as the starter and drafted Bo Nix or Joe Milton (both obtainable)

So, getting into a food line and shopping for crappy food is a little of their own doing.
Shame on them for shuffling their feet to the food line.
I'm not at all impressed with our GM.... unless he pulls off something crazy good. I've had crow before.

 

Yep, Khan is doing the right things. Just because we're starved for a stud QB (along with 15 other teams) doesn't mean you throw silly-money at a possible flash-in-the-pan Darnold who stunk for 4 years or Fields who wasn't any better, but at least could offer up a few highlight scrambles/runs a year.

I'd rather (now with Rudolph signed cheaply) run out Rudolph and rookie QB backup than over pay some retread (Rodgers is better than Russ or Fields or xxx even at 41, so okay if we gave him a bit too much with an out after year 1).

In fact, this might force them to draft a QB or trade back in round 1 and pick up an exter pick that would allow them to draft QB4 or 5 or 6.

Seems like DL is the must draft in round 1, but trading down, kicking in a 6th rd'r and adding another 3rd or something might be wise.

 

As for Rodgers and this "hostage" crap, give the man a break. He may have to decide between Giants and Steelers and pros and cons for each.
It's not an "easy" decision. It's his right to think it over and if Steelers or Giants don't like it, then they can move on.

I heard he has a home in NY? See him on Cali beach, so maybe he has two homes? Regardless, a couple of pros for the Giants and by all accounts he likes Tomlin, and probably knows a slightly better shot at an unexpected Super Bowl run with the Steelers than the Giants. Not an easy decision at all.

I still believe, Rodgers is the one QB (available) to give us an outside shot at a SB run or at least a playoff victory. He still has the talent, albeit diminished from his 30 year old heydays.

 

Yeah, if they can't fix the line Wilson will get killed...that is why, even though I don't like Fields, we should have sign him instead.

 

In Washington there was a crappy owner, so they do exist. One of the worst owners is the clown that owns the Pirates.
Owners are tough to remove.

I've always been aligned with the GM operating with control of team.
He has to have a coach he blends well with and they share the same vision.
It may well be Art is just refereeing a struggle between Tomlin and Omar although I've never been led to believe that.
In any case, it is a mess. I am wondering if DK even asked "Who's your QB?" before being traded.

 

Who's the man to win a post season?

 

We aren’t starved for a stud quarterback. We are starved for a quarterback. So you think signing Mr darkness retreat is okay since it would be for just one year. Apparently you fail to realize that puts us in the exact same position next year.

 

If it was either Wilson or Fields, it would have been Wilson. They acquired him first. They only got Fields after trading Pickett. Fields was never the starter. He was filling in for an injured starter for six weeks, then returned to the bench when Wilson was ready.

Nix wasn't available when they picked. The Broncos took him 12th overall. Were you saying they should have traded up to get him?

They could have taken a shot on Milton, but that's far from a sure thing.

They have done a poor job with all of this. I never wanted Wilson or Fields. They could have re-signed Rudolph and let him battle it out with Pickett last year, then moved on with someone like Darnold this year, but they mucked all that up.

 

I don't mind one in the middle rounds, but not in the first. They have too many other needs. I think Sanders and Dart belong in the second round, but teams will probably reach for them in the first.

 

What better option is out there?

 

Rodgers was young and in his prime when he went to the Super Bowl just like Russell Wilson.